Peter Wittig (born 11 August 1954) is a former German diplomat who was Germany's Ambassador to the Court of St. James in the United Kingdom from July 2018, to April 2020, after having served as Ambassador to the United States from 30 April 2014, to 20 June 2018 and Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York from 2009 to 2014.[2]

Early life and education

Wittig studied at the University of Bonn, the University of Freiburg, University of Kent, and the University of Oxford. He has taught as an assistant professor at the University of Freiburg.[citation needed]

Diplomatic career

After joining the German foreign service in 1982, Wittig served as German ambassador to Lebanon and to Cyprus.[citation needed]

In 2009 Wittig was appointed to serve as Germany's permanent representative to the United Nations.[3] Wittig has served twice as the President of the United Nations Security Council, once in July 2011[4] and again in September 2012.[5] Between 2011 and 2012, he headed among other committees the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.[6]

From April 2014 to June 2018 Wittig served as the German ambassador to the United States and then moved to London where he served as Germany's ambassador to the Court of St. James until his retirement from diplomatic services end April 2020.[citation needed]

In May 2020 he joined Scheffler Group in Germany to build up and lead a new division about global affairs.[7] Besides that he has plans to do some academic work.[8]

Other activities

  • Atlantik-Brücke Foundation, member of the board of trustees[9]
  • International Journalists’ Programmes, Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program, member of the board of trustees (2014–2018)

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ J. David Goodman (18 April 2012), Syrian First Lady Is Urged to Challenge Crackdown New York Times.
  2. ^ "Ambassador Peter Wittig". German Embassy London. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Ambassador Peter Wittig Starts His Work in Washington". German Missions in the United States. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Security Council Press Statement on Central African Republic". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Iraq". Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ Laura King (8 June 2011), Beheading of Afghanistan politician seen as message from insurgents Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ "Former ambassador Dr. Peter Wittig joins Schaeffler to head newly established unit Global Affairs". Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. ^ Moritz Koch (21 January 2020), Personalwechsel im Auswärtigen Amt: Michaelis wird neuer Botschafter in London Handelsblatt.
  9. ^ Board of Trustees Atlantik-Brücke.
  10. ^ "Leo Baeck Medal for Peter Wittig and Huberta von Voss-Wittig". lbi.org. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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